The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales in Denmark. (From the limes' AS'pecial Correspondent.) COPENUAGEN, Saturday. Last evening the great reception in the Christians borg Palace was held—the first event of the kind that has occurred in Copmhagen for close ona quarter of a century. It Wll3 said to owe its origin to a desire on the part of the Princess of Wales to see again and thank all those who interested them. selves in the rejoicings upon the occasion of her departure to be married, and that having once determined to open the Palace for festive purposes, the numbers rapidly increased until the gathering attained the dimensions of last evening. Be this as it may, it afforded an admirable opportunity for bringing together the Prince and Princess of Wales and the elite of society in Cop e nh agen , an d th e assem bly uniting as it did the splendour of a State ceremony with the charm of a private entertain- went where the hosts exert themselves to half-past eight o'clock, a load ;leer outside the gates announced to those within that the Royal p Arty was arriving from Berestorf. T more distinguished guests were formed meanwhile, acs cording to the Danish custom, in a trip '« circle in the inner or Blue Room t and a, on as the folding doors which led from the privat , apartments were thrown open, the Royal party were received with a general reverence, Taking opposite sides of the circle the King and Queen of Denmark walked the entire length of the room, nearly the whole of those in the inner circle being known to and recog nised by them; others, on the contrary, more re• moved in position being brought forward and intro duced. The Prince and Princess of Wales followed ; as far, however, as her Royal Highness was cons caned, there seemed little need of introduction, the great majority of those present appearing to be known morn or less to her. To each she had some pleasant word to address, some agreeable recollec tion to call up ; and it was only necessary to watch the gait and smile with which she passed from young to old, and from point to point, to learn the secret of her popularity. Much of this hearty win ning manner the Princess undoubtedly inherits from her mother, but she has added to it a grace which is all her own. To the Prince of Wales a dd. promote the pleasure of their guests, the mutual introduction of which, though little was said about it, may be regarded as a material item in the programme of the evening, was effected under the most favourable auspices. Christiamborg Palace, where the Royal " at home" was given, is quite equal in extent to Buckingham Palace, if in deed, counting the apartments allotted to the Danish Houses of Parliament, to the Supreme Court of Justice, and the Royal collection of pictures, it be not actually of larger size. For the grandest room of all, the Rittersaal, there is no parallel in the English royal abod e . Its magnitude, in fact, strikes the spectator at once as out of keeping with the present dimensions of the monarchy. It dates, how ever, from a period when Norway still was under Danish sway, and when Frederick VI. hoped, through the . favour of Napoleon, to become even tually King of Scandinavia. In a land of giant memories such as Denmark, a palace a little out of keeping with its actual daily wants is, after all, no great anomaly. The invitations were issued for 8 o'clock, and shortly after that hour the two princi pal reception rooms were filled with a distinguished company, all en, grande tenue. In the act of entering the first of these apartments, a stranger ignorant of the country must at once have felt that he had set foot in the head-quarters of a nation whose pedi gree runs back to the gray times of old. The walls are decorated—to say covered would be more strictly accurate—with paintings by some of the first Danish academicians, tracing the progress of the people in knowledge and in power from the time when white-robed bards and priests sang or gashed themselves, after their fashion, before the great stone images of Thor and Odin, through the period when the " still small voice" of the Christian reli gion was first heard to repeat its marvellous story in these regions under the shade of the great primeval forests, down to the epoch when, in the middle and yet later age, the sway and might of Denmark culminated. The inner room was dif ferently, it would be hard to say more suitably, adorned. The pictures in this case were re placed by gigantic panels of the richest satin that can be conceived, having in the centre a design in shaded white. The walls and hangings of the room corresponded in colour, so that the whole looked like sheets of the most delicious verdure, with which the white sprays intermingled very naturally. In the day time, it is right to add, the apartment wears an en tirely different aspect, being distinguished by the appellation of " the Blue Room." The sole ornament of this chamber, beyond its mural fittings and the brilliant company which it contained, was a meg nificent vase of antique Sevres, one of a pair valued at £5,000. It is the characteristic of all continental assemblies that uniforms and decorations largely predominate. Those persons even, engaged in the civil service of the country, who would net in Eng land be entitled to any distinguishing attire, ap pear abroad in uniforms more or less gorgeous, and after a certain number of years would consider themselves slighted if they were not possessed of at least as goodly a show of stars and crosses as their colleagues and acquaintances. In Germany this universality of striped ribands and badges has passed into a proverb. "There are two things," says the Eckensteher," that a Beainee cannot avoid —death and the third class of the Red Eagle." It must not be supposed, however, that because all are more or less decore, there are not in Denmark special distinctions earned by high birth or special services. For instance, among all the rare and valued orders in Europe there is none holding a higher place for honour and antiquity than that of the Elephant, peculiar to this Court. It was con sidered a singular and almost unexampled instance of favour when it was conferred upon the Prince of Wales shortly after the King's accession to the throne. Looking round the apartments as the com pany fell into little conversational groupswhile wait ing the arrival of the Royal party, it was impossible to resist the impression that the assembly had on the whole a strangely English character. At the very outset there must have been many points in com mon between the nations, and of late years, among the better classes, the process of assimilation has been favoured by facilities of travel,by frequent in termarriages, and by study of the English litera ture. Even at this moment, though France, for political reasons, is specially the object of Danish attention in a soe:al point of view, the English are far greater favourites. Add to this, that the State uniforms and Royal liveries are all, as in England, scarlet ; that both countries are nautical in taste, as well as by necessity, and that the naval services re spectively were on this occasion well represented; and it will be seen what a British tinge prevailed the assembly, held though it was in the north of Eu rope. Of late years, indeed, the Danish army, from some cause which it is not easy to discover, aban doning the traditional colour, has dressed its armies in blue; but the Gaards at least retain their scarlet tunics, and wear them on State occasions. Last night accordingly the sentries at their posts, and their officers in the saloons, might almost have been taken for an escort especially sent from England. In the aggregate the military wardrobe is less costly in Denmark than any of the southern na tions; there were, however, uniforms last night on which both the ornaments were rich and the colour tastefully chosen, The most costly service, in strict analogy to our own, is the regiment of Royal Horse Guards, about 100 strong, the corns missions in which are always held by men of good estate. The mere star of Denmark worn by them is an ornamented cuirass on grand occasions, must be of great value, since it amounts nearly to a sheet of silver. In every corner of the rooms names were heard that in the late unhappy troubles attained a world-wide currency. M. Halle, late Foreign Minister, was present, as was likewise M. Schelle, a predecessor in the same office. M. Tiilisch, Minister of the Interior, and Gen. Hansen, Minister for NV ar, represented the existing Cabinet, and M, Quaade, though engaged in the negotiations at Vienna, may likewise be treated as in attendance since Madame Quaade was among the prisileged circle. There were also present Captain Lutkin, Minister of Marine ; M. David, the Finance Minister ; M. Halsen, Minister of Justice, &c. The names of General de Meza and General Gerlach recalled the brief but bloody struggle in which they were engaged. Both are men far advanced in life, and of the former it is said that he prides himself not less on his musical gifts than upon his professional attainments. Both were called on in the late war to perform practical im possibilities, and both of course felt the bitterness of Popular disappointment, bat they never ceased to be regarded as b rave a bl e men, f or whom the circum stances of the time proved too strong. The members of the diplomatic,.eee corps mustered in considerable forc e. av eo ; the included the American Minister, Mr Belgian Minister, Minister, M. Bosch-Spencer ; the French Count Dotezic ; the Minister for Holland, M. itoehuss ;. the Italian Minister ; the Charge cl'Affeire s for Spain, P ci al ,A n, ff M . . Louis de Castillo; Baron D'Essen, Charge the Danish for Sweden; M. Gosch, secretary to dip ti l i e s m h at. Legation in London, &c. Many of the buitststresent were more profusely decorated , two figures among their ranks by which the eye e most attracted were unquestionably those of was the Danish Minister accredited to the Court of Spain, and now staying temporarily in Denmark, and the English Plenipotentiary in Copenhagen. About ferent field was open, and he too was busy, if not in making conquests, at least in winning golden opinions. To say that society accepted him as a worthy consort of " their own Alexandra , ' is proba bly as short and as accurate a summary as could be given of the general feeling. Society, on these occa sions, looks for some account of the attire of the lady forming the most conspicuous object in the re• union. Accordingly, it may be interesting to state that the dress of her Royal Highness, which it was easy to see was of more recent mode than has yet become general in Copenhagen, was of a smoke colour, with deep black lace trimming, looped up at the side with wreaths of coral and seaweed. The or naments worn with this consisted of a scarlet tiara, studded with diamonds and pearls, and a massive necklace, covering the greater part of the chest, consisting of similar precious stones. Ia the case of most other wearers this necklace would have shone like a sheet of dazzling light, but, placed where it was, it had a dull and almost cream coloured effect. Her Royal Highness farther wore, suspended from the left shoulder, a medallion likeness of her Majesty Queen Victoria, set round with brilliants. The Prince of Wales wore the uniform of the 10th Hussars, of which regiment he is colonel, a dress certainly more becoming, in the evening at least, than his ordinary costume as a gene ral officer. With this he wore the Order of the Ele phant, the blue riband of which much resembles, but is somewhat broader than that attached to the Garter. The other members of the Royal Family accompanying the King and Queen were the Crown Prince, the Princess Dagmar, the Landgrave of Hesse, Prince Carl of Glucksburg, the Princess Maria of Anhalt, and the Princess Hilda, her daughter. From the Blue Room the distinguished company, at a signal that all was ready, passed into the Concert-room, where a selection of music occu• pying two or three hours was performed by the orchestra and most gifted members of the company attached to the King's Theatre. About the middle of the concert there was a pause of 20 minutes or so, daring which the Royal party left their seats, and proceeded individually to converse with the guests. Refreshments were brought in, and handed round by the King's runniag footmen, dressed in the same extraordinary liveries that were described on the occasion of the arrival at Bernstorf. The leader of the orchestra was M. Gade, a composer whose works have attained considerable celebrity, not only in his own country but in Germany. The musical pieces performed and sung were, with the excep tion of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" and one overture, exclusively Danish. They were of high merit, and the only drawback was that the second portion of the programme may have been a little too extended. In the Concert•room, it was pos sible to distinguish many faces which in the rooms previously passed through were lost in the crowd. Among those receiving the heartiest greeting from the Royal party was the poet, esteemed almost as much i❑ England as in Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen. Shortly after eleven o'clock the concert came to an end, and the King and Queen led the way to the Rittersaal, the gem of all the apartments in the palace, where a supper had been prepared for the 400 or 450 guests. Of this, the closing and most brilliant scene of all, I propose to send you a separate account. In the early part of the day yesterday the Prince of Wales took part in a battue in the deer park at tached to Bernstorf Castle, and met with very toler able sport. The proceeding's consisted partly in shooting foxes—an amusement which sounds bar barous in the ears of an English sportsman, but which is perfectly legitimate, and in fact commend able here, where it is not the fashion to hunt these animals with horses and hounds. To-day a grand review of the National Guard of Copenhagen, reinforced by such regiments of the line as are now in garrison, was to have been held a short distance to the north of the town. The troops did actually assemble, but upon a report that the Prince of Wales, who was to have inspected them, was indisposed, the men marched back to barracks and the review was postponed. TBE SUN U)NDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1864. Ludlow Agricultural Society's Dinner. The 18th anniversary of this society was held within the courtyard of the ancient Castle of Ludlow on Monday, and was one of the most successful of the society's gatherings. The dinner in the afternoon was v. 4 ,11 attended. The lion. G. W. OLIVE, M.P., in responding to the toast of "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," said--The present timo is one of some anxiety to those charged with maintain- n the efficiency of England, and that anxiety is caused by .be largo number of mom who within the next few months will be entitled to claim their disebarge under the provisions of the Ten Years' Enlistment Act of 18A. The difficulty of tilling the positions of an unusually large number of trained men by recruits, and within a short time, must be apparent to most of us. Now-a-days men upon entering the army enlist, not as they formerly did, for the Lest or greater part of their lives, but simply for a period of 10 years, at the end of which time every man worth having in the army is transformed into a highly trained soldier, worthy of trust and confidence. Indeed, many men who enter the army from the ploughtail, which is a considerable source whence to draw recruits,under the discipline of the army, soon become highly intelligent and highly trained men, fit to obtain, as they do, good places in civil life upon leaving the service. It is then, of course, to the interest of the authorities, as it is of tho public purse, to keep as many as possible of these men in the service for the benefit of the country. How this is to be done without adding largely to the expenses of the public purse is the question now seeking solution at the hands of those who hold the reins of power, and it is one we must all feel anxious to see satisfactorily settled. Another subject just now occupying much thought in the army is the substitu- tion of the breechloader as a weapon of war for the muzzle loader. The old weapon has unquestionably done good service in its day, but I feel pretty certain that before long a good breechloader will be produced that will enormously increase the efficiency of our army as compared with the armies of our Continental neighbours. I observe there has recently been published an elaborate account of the Crimean war by a general in the Russian service, in which he speaks in strong terms of the precision and accuracy of the rifle firing of the English army, to which ho mainly attributes the success that attended our army at Inker mann. We should not, however, pass over the efforts that have been made to improve the sanitary condition of the army, with a view to check the excessive rate of mortality among its members as compared with that in civil life both at home and abroad. This is a serious undertaking, and one that cannot be fully attained in a moment ;but as far as the undertaking has proceeded the results have been of the most beneficial character, and year after year I hope these endeavours will continue, to the benefit of this highly important service and the country. (Hear, hear.) Mr IL BAILEY, of Shrewsbury, having proposed "The Health of the Members for the Southern Division of the County of Salop," and argued strongly in favour of the re peal of the malt tax, Viscount NEWPORT, M.P., said—l feel that the flatter- ing compliment paid me is especially due to my having the honour to fill the position of one of the representatives of this county in Parliament, but the terms in which nay friend spoke of me are too eulogistic for any service I may have been able to render to my constituency. I will not break through the rule of this society by touching on any question of special politics, but I may be allowed to confirm the truth of Mr Bailey's remark that the duties of a mein• ber of Parliament, though very honourable, and in some re spects very delightful and agreeable, are by no means light. It has been said, and very truly, that the last session of Parliament was one singularly barren in great political events, in the addition of great acts to the statute bock, and of alterations in any respect to our Constitution; but it is equally true that the agricultural, commercial, and trade prosperity of the country is so great, that what is called the private business of Parliament has increased to such an extraordinary extent, that especially upon those who act as chairmen to private bill committees the labour that falls is enormous, and almost more than individual members of Parliament can get through, and oven the at tendance of those who form the ordinary members.ot com mittees is so continuous and laborious that it requires a great deal of individual exertion and perseverance to per form the duties required of them. Ido not say this in the I spirit of complaint, but to show you that the private busi ness of the House of Commons forms a most important part of the duties, and is one of the most serious taxes upon the time, of representatives of the people. I believe some at• tempt will be made in the commencement of next session to alter the present system of private business, by which it is hoped a greater amount of work will be got through with a diminution of labour, At all events, I feel proud of the House of Commons, I have been a great many years a member of that body, and the longer I have been so, the more experience I have gained of what the House of Com mons is in all its bearings, the greater is my admiration for it as the constitutional and governing body of this country. I believe it fairly represents the opinions and feelings of the great bulk of the educated community of this kingdom, and by it not only the public but the private business is, upon the whole, conducted to the sati afaction of the community. I believe it would be very difficult to find tribunals which would be more satisfactory to the country than the House of Commons, and I think this is the general feeling of the people. I will not sit down without replying to the sug • g( stion offered me that I should say something about the repeal of the malt du' y. I quite understand by that expres sion of opinion that the question is one that has the greatest interest for you, and naturally so, not only for the agricul tural community, but for all those who take an interest in the welfare of the financial arrangements of this country. (Hear.) Now, it is a very difficult thing for any individual member of Parliament to make any very decided expression of opinion as to what ho will do when called upon to record his vote. The best thiag I can therefore do is to refer you to my last votes in the last session of Parliament. The subject of the repeal of the malt tax was brought fora and at least twice, if not in a practical, at all events in an abstract manner, last session. The first occasion was the motion by Col. Barttelot, in terms which I did not entirely approve, as it seemed to be putting a soot of pressure upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a particular way at a parti- cular time ; but holding the view; I did upon the subject. I folt it to be my duty to vote with Col. Barttlelot upon that occasion. Another motion set upon the paper by the mem , ber for the North Riding of York was one in which I en, tirely concurred, for it only asked the House of Commons to express an abstract opinion that the question of the repeal of the malt tax should be dealt With. It may appear to you that it is of no use to give effect to an abstract vote, but from my experience of the House of Commons that is, the way in which a beginning must be made in these matters. Englishmen, I am happy to say—and the remark applies to the House of Commons—are not ye' y fend of making great alterations in a hurry. They want to see their way before they agree to follow a very energetic leader. They like to have a question entirely sifted or thoroughly investigated, more especially in matters of finance. lam old enough to remember the agitation that preceded the repeal of the corn laws, a subject upon which the country was very much di vided, and that it was only after a long period of time, which some thought too late and some too soon, that the end sought was attained. Great alterations were made in. regard to the Customs duties upon corn and other articles, and since that time the majority of the House of Commons has been largely in favour of the reduction of duties upon articles of use, such as paper, glass, and so forth. By very con siderable majorities these duties were repealed in pre ference to the duty upon malt, I have had a desire to bring about a reduction in the malt duty, but we have been outvoted. It therefore becomes much more difficult, when other duties have been repealed upon which we might have fallen back—l say it becomes under these circumstances much more difficult to deal with the malt duty, because it is a question of a vary large am flint of revenue. This ses sion I have twice given my opinion that it ought to be dealt with; but I am far. from saying I would vote for a repeal of the malt tax were it proposed to-morrow, for I hope I have far too much honest patriotism and far too much re spect for the responsibilities of those who govern to say a word or ask a vote, hero or any where else, unless I felt certain it might be done without the least injury to the financial arrangements of the country. (Applause.) In reply to the toast of "The Borough Members," The Hon. G. WINDSOR CLIVE said—Last year I ventured to indulge in the belief that once in a way this country was at peace with the rest of tho world, but since that time we seem to have recurred to the views of the last century, that England muse have one or two little wars'on hand, costing a large sum of mo ne y an d much precio us li f e. Durin g the last 12 months wo h ave had a difficulty in Ja p an, followed by the bombardm en t o f Kagosima ; we have had a war in India with the hill tribes, and a war with the Ashantees, though only disease cost a great loss of life. Still we have a war in New Zealand, which I am afraid is very far from being finished. This country has however escaped a still greater difficulty by getting out of a European war in which it seemed at one time to be involved ; but the course taken by Great Britain in hat matter was not such as to main tain for this country the position she should occupy as one of the principal countries of the world. Casting our eyes abroad, I think it is not unreasonable to hope that the calamities of that war which has raged so long in America have induced the people of the Northern States to see the hopelessness of endeavouring to fora') the Southern people Lack into the Union. (Applause.) It is to be hoped, in deed, that men may be found sufficiently honest-minded to admit this and act upon it at the proper time, when the next Presidential election comes on, and in the meantime it is to be hoped som2thing will be done to bring about a restoration of peace, although it seems evident, I may say inevitable, that one condition of that peace must be the recognition of tne independence of the Southern States. These calamities must set all men deeply to think upon the political results they lead to, the vast amount of misery they bring about, and the serious extent to which progress has been thrown back in that part of the world. White this is the case we in this country may look forward with assurance to the future, seeing that the value of the fundamental principles of our Constitution were never better appreciated by the people at largo than at the present moment. The hon. gentleman concluded by apologising for the absence of his coll eague , Sir AV. Fraser, who was in Switzerland for the benefit of his health. THE EASTERN FISHERIES, — The deliveries of herrings at Great Yarmouth during the past week have been small, but the quality of the fish sent in has been good, Prices have ranged from £l4 to £2.5 per last, City Sewers Commission. The minutes of the last meeting were confirmed, after which the commissioners were occupied in hearing sum monses against contractors for not clearing certain of the City thoroughfares, in accordance with the contracts entered into by them. Alex. J, Baylis, Esq., the solicitor to the Commission, reported that in accordance with the instructions received by him at the last court, he hal caused inquiries to be made into the circumstances under which four packages of dis eased meat were lately seized on the premises of Mr Ray ment, in Aldgate-market, as unfit for human food, lie found that the meat formed part of a cow belonging to a cowkeeper in George-yard, Aldgate, which was taken ill and sent for by the salesman at the request of the owner. The cow was killed on Aug. 28, and the carcase dressed in the usual way. The meat was afterwards cuc up into joints, packed in clean cloths, and treated as meat intended to be sold for human food usually was. The explanation of the salesman—agaiurt whom he felt it right to say that no com plaint had been previously made by the inspectors—was that the meat was not intended for human food, but was about to be sent to the knackers. The solicitor added that this was certainly inconsistent with the facts he had stated and if such was his intention it was doubtless his duty to have called the inspector's attention to it. He was of opi nion that there was sufficient reason to render the salesman liable to be convicted under the Nuisances Removal Act of having diseased meat in his possession if the Court should think fit to order proceedings to be taken. The Court, upon the motion of Deputy FARRAR, decided that proceedings sh o uld b e ta k en, as suggested by the soli citor, SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY, Dr LETHEBY, the medical officer of health of the City, reported on the state of 257 houses that had been inspected during the week, and he submitted a list of 71 places for sanatory improvement. He also reported that the markets and slaughter houses had been duly inspected, and the officers had condemned 20,3101b5, or rather more than nine tons of meat during the week, most of which was in a putrid condition. It consisted of 80 sheep, four calves, 13 pigs, 98 quarters of beef, 112 joints of meat, and 25 cases of rabbits. The mortality returns for the week were a little above the average for the season. Last week the number of deaths in the City was 53, whereas the number for the cor responding week of the last seven years was only 40. 21, or nearly half of all the deaths were among children of loss than five years of age, and 12 were among old persons of 60 and upwards, The chief causes of death were as follows : In 8 phthisie, 4 from mesenteric disease, 2 from hydrocepha lus, 6 from bronchitis, 2 from continued fever, 4 from scarlet fever, 1 from diphtheria, and 3 from infantile diarrhoea. As regards the supply of gas to the City during the week, Dr LETWEBY reported that the illuminating power had averaged 13.5 candles, and the proportion of sulphur had, except in the case of the Great Central Company's gas, been below that fixed by the Metropolitan Gas Act. After transacting some other business, the commissioners med. adjour (ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—Security for All.—The adult, the infant, the robust and delicate, may fly to this m• dicine with the certainty of receiving from it relief and succour. Holloway's pills cleanse the stomach from all undigested food and free the bowels from all ob noxious accumulations; they prevent acidity and heart burn, and dispel flatulency and many ether inconveniences frequently resulting from faulty or feeble digestion. By taking these pills according to the directions round each box, and yielding obedience to the ordinary laws of health, diseases coaxedtoresum e her sway and regularity of action, while domestic care and management will help to rebuild the strength and reno va t e mental and bodilyvigour, RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES, PORTPATRICK. 1 he report of the airectors of this company states that there had been a falling off in both passenger and . goods traffic during the half-year in consequence of the withdrawal of the steamboat service between Stranruer and Larne, the receipts from which were included in the preceding half-yearly statements. The works undertaken by the Government for the improvement of the harbour at Portpatrick were nut yet completed, and the lino must therefore re main comparatively unproductive until a daily steamboat service was established by the shortest sea passage. The utmost economy had been effected in working the line, and a much larger traffic could have been carried at the same expen diture. The Portpatrick Company's Steamboat Act, passed last session, gave them power, in con junction with the other railway companies who had contributed to the capital of the undertaking, to establish communication by steam vessels between Portpatrick and Donaghadee, and between Stran. raer, Donaghadee, Belfast, and Larne. The other "Portpatrick Railway Act, 1864," gave permissive powers to the London and North-Western and Caledonian Companies, or either of them, to work the Portpatrick line. The directors stated that they had every prospect now of obtaining from one or other of those companies such terms for working as, even with the present traffic, would secure a small dividend on the ordinary capital, which would be gradually and greatly increased if the through traffic from Ireland should realise the expectations which from the first were predicted of it. It was important that an agreement for work- ing the line should be concluded without delay, and BO soon as the terms were arranged the shareholders would be convened to consider the agreement. The revenue account for the six months ending 30th July showed that £8,263 had been received, and £6,377 expended in working, and £3,432 paid for interedt on mortgages and charges for renewal of debentures ; together £9,810. To the receipts, £8,263, the sum of £2,132 from the preceding half year was added, making £10,395, from which was deducted the £9,810, leaving a balance of £585. The capital account showed that £578,172 had been expended, leaving a balance against the company of £4,393. LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr Law in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, remarked that the progress they had made in the past half-year con. t rested favourably with their position two years ago when they were struggling with debts and liabili ties. Those difficulties had been surmounted, and they had now plenty of money for everything they required. They were in their present good position in spite of the increase of railways in the metro. polis, which it was said would seriously injure the company. They would perceive in the ac counts.. that they had separated the reserve fund from the cash balance, and had invested the re serve in Consols. (Hear.) It was a very safe place to put the reserve in, and although the interest was not high, he thought when they wanted to realise capital the increase in its market value would corn. pensate them for any deficiency in the rate of inte rest, He thought, on the whole, that their prospects were very encouraging, for they had not only less burdens, but they had been paying debts, and mak ing improvements in the factory, and also in the company's stables, which would not have to be done again. He thought if they continued to go on as they had for some time past that in a few years they would not only have increased dividends, but also an in creased reserve fund. The mileage duties still re mained unaltered ; the company continued to pay 9 per cent. of their total receipts for those duties while railways only paid 3 per cent., and steamboats nothing at all. They must submit to that unequal state of things for the present, but he hoped before long, from what was said out of doors on the subject, that something would be done in that matter. He concluded by moving that the report and statement of accounts be received and adopted, and that a divi dend be declared at the rate of 61, per cent, per an num clear of income tax, payable on the 27th inst., which was seconded. Mr DEARLE said he had been a shareholder for several years, and thought the report very satisfac. tory. He believed they had an efficient and honest management, and that the chairman was entitled to their thanks. He suggested that drags should be used in the two-horse omnibuses to save the wear and tear of the horses in pulling up. The CHAIRMAN said they had tried them on the ,hree-horse omnibuses, and the board had the mat• er under consideration as to the other omnibuses. Mr C. NICHOLSON was glad there was a prospect of having increased dividends, He thought that when the proportion of shares held in Franco were smaller than at present there should be fewer French directors and more London directors. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question, stated that originally the number of shares held in France was about 100,000 and 50,000 in England, bat that recently there were 60,187 shares held in France and 77,161 in England. Tho time had not arrived for any alteration in that respect, for at present the number of shareholders in England was 750, while in France the number was over 2,000, In reply to a question, it was stated that 50 peti. tions had been presented last Session to the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer for a reduction of the mile age duties, and that a much larger number of peti tions would be presented next time. If the mileage duties were only reduced one-half, the company would save £25,000 a year. The report was unanimously adopted, and the dividend therein recommended was declared. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. HEALTH OF LONDON. (Front Me Registrar-General's Report.) The deaths registered in London declined from 1,352, the number returned in the first week of September, to 1,236 in the week that ended last Saturday. This decrease oc curred in the mortality of young persons, whose deaths were in the former week 752, in the latter 626. The average number of deaths in the 37th week of 10 years, 1854-63, is,with the exclusion of deaths from epidemic cholera in 1854, and with a correction for increase of popu lation, 1,192. The actual return exceeds the estimated number by 44 deaths. The mean temperature of the air was 5 deg. or 6. deg. below that of tho two previous weeks; the rains have been copious ; and the result is an improvement in the health of very young children. The deaths from diarrhoea have de creased from 180 and 132 in the two previous weeks to 81 last week. Those from measles, which were above 50, and in the first week of August rose to 102, have declined to 30. Whooping-cough was fatal in only 17 cases last week. The deaths from scarlatina were numerous ; 72 were recorded, besides 12 from diphtheria. Scarlatina was fatal in West minster ; measles in Bow. Seven deaths occurred by carriage accidents in the streets. Two women died at the age of 61 years, one at 95. Two women died at 6, Durham-street, Chelsea, on the sth and 7th inst. from want or fever; a woman, in the work house, Westminster, from destitution. A labourer, aged 22, died from hospital gangrene. Last week the births of 257 boys and 911 girls, in all 1868 children, were registered in London. In the ten correspond ing weeks of the years 1854.63 the average number (cor rected) was 1,848. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.552 in. The reading rose to 29.89 in on Monday, and fell to 29.19 in on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 54.9 deg, which is 2.1 deg below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was always below the average, except on Wed nesday. Both the highest day temperature and lowest night temperature occurred on Monday. The former was 67.2 deg the latter 40.9 deg, and the range of temperature on that day, and also in the week, was 26.3 deg. The difference be tween the mean dew-point temperature and the air tempe rature was 7.3 deg. The mean of th 3 highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 61 de g, that of the lowest was 59 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 76, complete saturation being represented Toy 100. The direc tion of the wind was south west. Rain amounting to about an inch and a quarter fell on the last four days. The births registered in Dublin during the week ending Sept. 17 were 118, and the deaths were 107, in a population of 254,808 (in 1861), spread over au area of 3,808 statute acres. The deaths in Vienna, as returned by Dr Glatter, wero 266 in the week ending Sept. 10, when the mean tempera ture was 61.5 deg, that at Greenwich having been 61'1 deg. The Charge of Imprisoning a Wife. Mr Edward Hammond, with Elizabeth Allen, his servant, having again surrendered to their bail, and Emily Wake man, a young wcauan who had formerly lived in the service of Mr Hammond, but who it was alleged, had been for the last two years that gentleman's mistress, having also attended in obedience to a summons, the further examina tion of the parties on the joint charge of assaulting Mrs Hammond and conspiring together to imprison that lady for two years to the great injury of her health, and highly detrimental to her necessary comforts, was gone into before the llon. G, Norton, at the Lambeth Police-court yesterday. Mr Besley, instructed by Mr Bonner, as on the former occasion, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr Oppenheiw, instructed by Mr Neale, appeared for the d e f e nce. After a short legal discussion Mrs Hammond was sworn and further examined by Mr Besley. She said that when she married her husband ho was a widower, and had four chil dren, the eldest of whom was a boy of about 19, the next 14, a girl, and there were two other girls about 6 and 7. They lived in the same premises during the whole time. One or two of them generally came in with Allen when she came to her room, and mast have seen her situation. Emily Wake man was kind to her during her confinement, but it was the summer before she had assaulted her by knocking her on ,the head. Cross-examined by Mr Oppenheim—My maiden name was Rosalind Buckley. In 1848 my mother sent me to a water establishment kept by a medical man. Mr Besley here interposed, and inquired the object with which this question was put; whether it was to test the lady's credit or blacken her character. Mr Oppenheim said the view with which the question was put was to show that Mr Hammond was justified in certain things which he did. I shall now ask Mrs Hammond a few more questions. Now, Mrs Hammond, when you were at this homoeopathic establishment had you not had a child by the proprietor ? _ _ Mrs Hammond—l was seduced by Dr. —, and I had a child. Mr Oppenheim—Did you take that child to your hus band's house ? Mrs Hammond—l did ; and niy husband know all about it before ray marriage. A mass of evidence was then gone into, and three letters written by complainant were produced and read in court. The first was to the father of Emily Wakeman, apprising him that his daughter had been seduced by Mr Hammond. This letter was dated March 4, 1362. The next was dated March 5, 1862. It was addressed to the defendant : it com menced, "My dear husband," and was very affectionate in tone. The writer said that others wished for a separation, but that she only wished to be re-united to him, and to come home. A meeting between Mr and Mrs Hammond took place, and they returned home together. She then wrote the third letter, which was addressed to the mother of Emily Wakeman, and which declared that the statements pre viously made respecting the seduction of the girl by the defendant were " entirely false," On re-examination by Mr Besley, Mrs Hammond said— When I wrote the second letter, asking my husband to meet me, my friends were under the impression that I was not going back to him. My sisters were perfectly deceived by my writing it, I upset all they had done by writing this letter. The third letter I was made to write by intimida tion. Mrs Marsh, his servant, stood over me and compelled me to do it. Mr Norton—What was the intimidation? Witness—Mrs Marsh, my husband's housemaid, stood over me and made me write it, as Mrs Marsh put hor name to it as a witness. My husband treated me more kindly after I did it. Thomas Abrahams said that he had been a gardener in the employ of Mr Hammond, and had frequently seen Miss Emily Wakeman and Mr Hammond go out in a carriage together. James Hubble deposed to having, since February last, noticed a carriage driven from Laurel-house, in which he had seen Mr Hammond and Miss Emily Wakeman (as he called her). He further said he had seen the same parties walking arm in arm on Peckham-rye. The case having closed here, Mr Norton—From what has been said, and the evidence placed before me, I have made up my mind that this is a case for further inquiry. I should have preferred, myself, that some other course would have been taken, but when I heard from inquiries I personally directed to be made that this unfortunate lady was confined in this way, I determined not to lose an hour in bringing the case to light. The case has been investigated, and the result is such as to leave me no other course than to send the case to the sessions. In the case of assault there will be separate indictments, so that the one prisoner may be able to give evidence for the other. The prisoners were then committed for conspiracy and assault, but liberated on heavy bail. The Charge of Conspiring to Obtain a False Affidavit. At the Mansion-house Police-court yesterday Charles Bradlaugh, solicitor's clerk, and Chas. Ed. Bailey, stock broker, appeared before Alderman Waterlow, having been at large on their own recognisances. to answer the charge of having conspired to suborn and induce one Gustave Stowen to make a false affidavit. Mr Besley prosecuted and Mr Sleigh appeared for Mr Bailey; Mr Bradlaugh conducted his own defence. The circumstances of the caso have already been twice before the public, and it will be remembered that the affi davit in question was made by Gustave Stowen before Mr Commissioner Heath, and which Stowen himself admitted was false. The principal evidence adduced on the last occa sion was that of Stowell, Yesterday Mr M‘Furson, one of the sergeants•at-mace, was canal, who produced a copy of the capias which was issued upon the affidavit in question, and also the warrant for the arrest of Mr Frankenheim. The said Mr Baileyaccompanied him to the Sto k Exchange to point out Mr Frankenheim, but they did not see him, and after that he did not try to find him, and so the warrant was never executed. A witness, named Sowdens, who described himself as a translater of languages, deposed to having overheard a con versation between the witnesses Stowen and the man Cun chey, whose name has been so frequently mentioned, in which Cunchey informed Stowen that ,there was a warrant out against him, and advised him to leave London, and on his replying that he had no money Cunchey said ho would see Bradlaugh and try and get him £2O. Mr Franhenheim was again placed in the box, and in answer to Mr. Sleigh, said the amount for which ho origi nally stopped payment was about £125,000, but that had been reduced by about £90,000 by securities realised, and bills that had been paid. In answer to Mr Bradlaugh, the witness said he gave cheques to a large amount to parties whose names were men tioned, to raise money upon, within a week before his bank ruptcy, and he also said he gave Oscar Ruhmann a cheque for £B5O, which he said was for money he owed him. He also gave him other cheques, but none of them were entered in his books, nor could he tell by the counterfoils how many cheques he had given, as he did not enter his Stock Ex change transactions. The allegation in Mr Bradlaugh's affidavit, that he believed he (witness) had removed a quan tity of property, was not true. Some property, consisting of furniture and pictures, was removed from his house in Bloomsbury three days before he stopped payment, Mr Berenburg having paid him £lO for it, and made an advance of £5O. Ernest Templeton proved the attempt and failure to serve Taffinan, whose name was mentioned as having first induced Stowen to go to Mr Bradlaugh's office, with a summons to attend as a witness. This was the only material evidence which was adduced. Mr Sleigh addressed the Alderman on behalf of Mr Bailey, and contended that there was nothing to show that his client, who bore a character second to none in the City for honour and integrity, was at all cognisant of the mode in which the affidavit had been procured. Mr Besley having made a few remarks upon the evidence as it bore upon the charge sought to be sustained against Mr Bailey, Mr Alderman Waterlow said when first the charge came before him in the shape of a charge of perjury against Gus tave Sto tven, ho felt it was one of great importance to the commercial community, and one which ought to be investi gated. He still felt that it was of importance, and he was sure the investigation would prove beneficial to the public. Ho was now asked to decide in a charge against Mr Bailey and Mr Bradlaugh for suborning Gustave Stowen to com mit perjury. Before the evidence had been heard he was certainly of cpinion that those for whom the affidavit was made might have been cognisant of it, but now that all the facts had been gone into ho was bound to say there was nothing to support that charge. He felt it right to say that he did not believe Mr Bailey was in any way conscious that Stowen had been hired for the purpose of making the affi davit, although it did appear that ho had accompanied the officer to point out Mr Frankenheim. Still it was a case which required sifting, as no one in the City would be safe if the judges were to be deceived by such an affidavit as the one in question. Ho discharged Mr Bailey, and said in his mind he loft the court without any stain upon his character. Mr Bradlaugh then, in a very able manner, proceeded to address the bench upon the evidence which had been ad duced against him. He said the only evidence against him was that of Stowen, who, he said, had admitted he had com mitted perjury for £3, and who was quite as likely to do so again. He denied that he put no other questions to Stowen than those as to his name, and whether ho had seen Frank enheim, and said he distinctly asked him if he had had the conversation with him, and whether he told him he was go ing al - ay, and he said yes. He drew the alderman's attention to the fact tl it he had, on the last examination, offered him self as a witness in the case against Stowen, but had been refused ; and had ho been called he would have stated pre cisely the same on oath as he had just stated. With regard to his own affidavit, ho did at this present time be lieve that Frankenheim had made away with some valuable property, and as to his going away, it was a common report upon the Stock Exchange for days previous to the capias being issued. Frankenheim himself had admitted giving cheques which he had not entered in his books, and of which he had no counterfoils, and ho said, in fact, that he was sure the whole charge was got up by some parties to stop his mouth with regard to proceedings which were being taken against them, he being cognisant of some facts damaging to their cause. Mr, Alderman Waterlow said he bad given a very careful consideration to the whole case, and ho thought it was to the defendant's interest that the case had been fully gone into, and it was only just for him to say that the evidence was not sufficient to justify the defendant's detention, al. though, at the same time, he must say that from the facts, as they appeared before this investigation, the prosecutor was quite justified in the course which had been pursued. The defendant was then discharged. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The German journals have recently made some angry allusions to a despatch addressed by Lord Russell to M. Biatnark. It referred to the terms Denmark has been compelled to accept from her two powerful enemies as the price of peace. Without ascertaining why the despatch was writt( 0, and having but an imperfect knowledge of its con tents, tae German critics built on a slender text a very wordy and abusive comment. The English Minister, it was said, had again gone out of his way to insult Germany, and sneer at the great work it has accomplished. In the hour of success men are net usually so sensitive and ready to find offence ; but, perhaps, all is not perfect satis faction in Germany, notwithstanding its mili tary achievement. Austria has been tempted into a transaction of which most of the profit has gone to her rival. The minor States are reduced to something less than they ever were, and the Democracy discovers it has exactly played the game of its strongest opponent_ Some or all of these may feel slightly duped as to the results they have obtained, and some latent ill-temper may well exist in many quarters, constrained to put a good face on disappointments. It is some consolation in such a state of things to fall in with an additional piece of English correspondence and exhaust on it the strong language that some circumstances of the time are calculated to inspire. It may tend to a more moderate view of this matter to state that the brief correspondence, of which Lord Russell's despatch is the briefer moiety was interchanged in the mouth of August, and was commenced by M. Bis• mark. When the preliminaries of peace were concluded at Vienna, on the Ist of the month, M. Bismark wrote to the Prussian Minister in London stating the conditions 'which Denmark had signed, and requesting him to communicate them in the usual manner to the English Foreign Secretary. In the accompanying despatch M. Bismark challenged the opinion of the English Government on these con ditions, almost insisting that it should regard the terms as highly favourable to the Danes—in fact, exceedingly generous. M. Bismark hopes at the outset " that the British Government wiil not re fuse to recognise the moderation and placability which have been displayed by the two German Powers." The British Government, doubtless, wonld not refuse to recognise anything as what it proves itself evidently to be; and it the two German States had " lightly laid their chasten ing hand" on their suppliant's head, full credit would have been given them by public opinion for a very small display of magnanimity. But if through all the conditions neither moderation nor placability is to be found, but much the exact re verse of both, how is it possible to give the desired recognition ? Lord Russell could not look on the harshest and most exacting policy that ever embittered the military overthrow of a nation as the virtues of which the conqueror might be proud. He stated to M. Bismark why he could not "recognise" the qualities claimed for the two German Powers in the terms so rigidly exacted of Denmark, and the reasons given are the grounds of the passionate articles of the German press. As we publish both despatches it is easy to examine in M. Bismark's the conditions for which a character of moderation and placability is claimed. Lord Russell's reply shows clearly why the terms appear to other than German eyes so very unlike M. Bismark's description. The spirit in which the war was conducted has in spired every Article of the Peace. Tile real test of how it will press on the losing side must be what the Danes are required to do, not M. Bismark's declara tions of what Germany wished to be satisfied with, though from some inexplicable cause she never could carry her milder impulses into effect. Germany, as described by M. Bismark, appears to have some hard partner in the background, who will not allow Prus sia and Austria, singly or combined, to indulge their generous disposition to its full extent. Some" pitiless demon " is ever holding them under constraint, and compelling them to exact the utmost fraction of the forfeiture they say has been incurred. What is this invincible influence that we must infer from M. Bis . .. mark's statement is stronger than armies, and obliges two great military nations to show mercy to the feeble neighbour they have knocked down ? M. Bis mark once calls it " national feeling," and attributes toit all that has appeared harsh in act. In intention the two Governments were tenderness itself. When Lord Bloomfield expressed to M. Bismark the hope of the English Government that Prussia and Austria would not exact from Danmark " conditions too hard and unbearable," the Prussian Minister gave an assurance that " noth'ng was further from their intention than an unjust severity," and that they should only make the demands which were " the necessary result of the situation," Those who created, controlled, and still maintain the situation might have given it any kind of result they pleased. Triey have chosen that this result . shall be the worst possible. " We were obliged to insist on the entire cession of the three Duchies as an indispensable demand." National feeling would not be satisfied without it. But as the same national feeling has been entirely disregarded in the disposal and go vernment of the Duchies, and has many checks and rebukes in store for it in the future, it is suspicious to see so much deference paid it when it insists on seizing all. This national feeling has taken from Denmark from 200,000 to 300,000 of the Danish nits tionality, alleging that these Danes are like chattels —conquered, they must go with the soil of Schless wig. For Austria and Prussia to assert gravely that they could not allow this population to remain un der the Sovereignty of Danmark is to demand too much for belief. They could have done whatever they pleased. They held the whole of the soil of the Duehies, and might have left the Northern and Danish part of Schleswig to its own nationality. In keeping it for no intelligible reason but because they had got it, they have only retained a source of dis quiet and agitation. M. Bismark even grounds a claim of genercsity on the fact that the German Powers did not demand a part of Denmark proper, "though they held completely in their hands a large and important province (Jutland) without any pos sibility of the Danes depriving them of it." These proofs of clemency and mercy Lord Russ sell cannot admit with ou t muc h qualifipation. " Her Majesty's Government would have pre ferred total silence to the task of commenting on the conditions of this peac e ." B u t, c h a ll enge d by M. Bismark to recognise the moderation and fairness of Germany, the Foreign Secretary felt bound to express the sentiments of the Government " without disguise." His despatch is a brief resume of the opinions he has so frequently stated on the policy of the war itself. It was neither justifiable nor necessary, but a mere aggression ; and the peace is only the completion of the work of vio lence. It has dismembered the monarchy of Den mark, the integrity of which Austria and Prussia had engaged to defend. It violates the very prin ciple of nationality the war was commenced to uphold. Danes are forcibly included in German territory, so that the old quarrels about language the war was to have terminated will be revived, with the parties to it reversed in position. Finally, if the plea of conquest is urged in defence of the most rigorous treatment of the conquered, then Lord Russell reminds Austria and Prussia that " it is out of place to claim credit for equity and modera tion." The despatch concludes with a hope that, now the German Powers have possession of all they desired, they will "consult the wishes of the inha bitants of the Duchies" as to their Government, for arrangement that " would set aside these wishes and suppress free institutions would only be a new source of disquiet and disturbance in Europe." It is difficult to see what is the sting of these re marks that they should have excited the Germans to such wrath. They merely express what most Englishmen have thought from the beginning. DAILY NEWS.—The Prussian administration of the Duchies proceeds, as it began, in violence and contempt of decency. We are far from believing the Prussians to be the worst natured people in the world, but certainly they have the knack of doing things, disagreeable iu themselves, in the most offensive manner. No delicate fiction is employed by their governors, commissioners, or military com manders to mitigate the distress, or veil the degra tion of the people they enslave. In their case the moral arts of war do not share in the improvement of its material instruments, and Prussian conquest is as naked, harsh, and brutal as it was when their ancestors brandished the spear, unsuspicious of rifled ordnance and needleeguns. We know with what conciliatory address our nearer neighbours across the Channel can annex provinces, invade States, and almost persuade those whom they con quer that all has been done not only for their good, but even at their pressing request. A few of these . blandishments, a little of this geniality of temper and consideration in handling a defeated race, would be very acceptable now in Schleswig could the Prussians but learn the trick of it. The measures , which have just been announced in Schleswig in the name of the Commander-in-Chief for repressing the most pacific, most natural, and most legitimate manifestation of the wishes of the people, are need , lessly and wantonly oppressive. The people of the Northern districts of that Duchy, of whose strictly 3 Danish nationality there never was any doubt, I lately joined in a memorial to the King of Den ) mark, expressing their unwillingness to be separated from the nation of which they had so long formed a [ part. They also presented to the Prussian and Austrian Commissioners an address bearing rrie re than a thousand signatures, in which they said el` plicitly :—" We wish to remain united with INe' mark. We would prefer a division of Schleswig ae : cording to the nationality of the population to „ union with Holstein and annexation to Gernsen.`i% There wits nothing in these peaceful representa ti c c f to entitle German allies to visit their authors sytt" penalties. Through the events of war the Dane' in Schleswig have lost the protection of the Sove reign they prefer, and the people to whom th e y naturally belong. King Christian pretends to n e , rights over them, havi ng conceded all ho ever claith eu to his victorious enemies. The North Schlesvvige rs well understand the defenceless situation in wht e ' they arc placed, with no arms but those of ressool and tire under no temptation whatever to resort to foreign intrigue or domestic conspiracy. They 'col that Prussian power is practically irresistible, na they do not attempt to resist it. Their country might be held for Germany by a corporal's guar d ' Abstinence from opposition by the (le facto auttle" rides is enjoined on them by civilised usage rieW, that the comparative military power of their friend s and their foes has been fairly tested, and finiillY decided in the field ; but more than this the Germs° are not entitled to require. The future lot of th e Duchies is undecided, such at least is the diplomatic hypothesis set before Europe. Thera has not, there; fore, been, for there could not be, any transfer 01 the allegiance of the Schleswigers. Under thes e , circumstances, it is most natural and desirable that the people who have the greatest interest in the settlement of the question should declare thei r wishes. Such a declaration does not involve the claim to make the future political connections of the Duchies or particular parts of them dependent solely and absolutely on the will of the inhabitants ; it simply implies that their opinions and feelings coil; stitute one element or the question. The people North Schleswig could not have taken a more pauil' a i course than they have done. Nobody can perve r t the meaning of their addr e ss to the beaten, aba ed doned, despoiled King of Denmark, who is the loot person in the world from whom anybody wou id expect material succour as against Ge r many. Lib. ° the memorial to the German Commissioners theta' selves, that address was and could be nothing bu t a peaceful manifestation of wishes which can b e efficacious only so far as they are agreeable to tbo public reason, and warranted by public right' And now let it be remarked how these pool people have been dealt with. They have hae ° loaded with penalties such as might have been is' flicted on men who had conspired against their osvil lawful government; such as might, for instance, have been imposed on the people Magdeburg, 1 they had petitioned the King of Saxony and the Germanic Diet for annexation to his dominions' A Prussian paper, the Cologne Gazette, observes that " the prisons in Schleswig are full of persona whose only crime consists in having signed el l , address." And the Prussian Commander-in-Chi ef has issued a proclamation prohibiting the signature of petitions under penalty of the rigorous enforce,' ment of martial law, reminding the people—whia ll was surely unnecessary—that the state of war con; tinues. This last fact, however true, has no ration al connection with the matter. Prussia never pro' fessed to make war on the population of the Duchies' The state of war has placed those provinces wholly in the hands of Prussia, whose power nobody 11 ; Schleswig dreams of resisting. It is not dispute d that the people must accept the fate to which 0 1° Prussians may consign them. The authority of th e t government now placed over Schleswig is paramnue. and unchallenged. But by its nature and denonW nation it is provisional and transitory, and tb,° manifestations of the Sleswigers have r e ference OW to that permanent state of things which is to foil° . when it shall have passed away. Even if Europe had no interest in knowing the desires and attach' ments of the people of the Duchies, it must be el" pedient that those people should e x p re ss WI wishes for what they are worth before their fate i s irrevocably fixed. Prussia undoubtedly can disPci ee of Schleswig as she likes, but it is desirable, cc erl , for her own sake, that she should know on the b ee ' authority whether she is engaged in realising the fusion of a homogeneous people, or combining re pugnant elements in a forced or unnatural union' If the Prussian Government discovers, as it m ust long since have suspected, that the connection it is effectuating;is of the latter character, nobody dou bt ; its ability to accomplish it. But at this poi ° Prussian hardihood seems to fail. Even irresistib le power has its fears, and the conquerors of DriPP el are unable to endure the light which is reflected , their actions from a simple declaration of unarme d and helpless citizens. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRI STOL—Turss.iy. A fair attendance to day, but a mall business doing wheat, and prices is to 2s per qr lower on th e we ek. 11 ', than corn dull. Barley 3d per qr easier, Beans and P °B firm. Best seconds flour 2Ss per sack, LE ED S—T UESDAY. There was a good show of fresh grain this week at a°l market. The demand for wheat is still limited. P e ' ,, descriptions must be quoted is per qr, and ordinary to r ,",, 2s lower since last Tuesday. Barley also is is to 2s Per cheaper. Oats and beans at late prices. Averages—Sept. 19—Wheat 42s 9d per qr. —Oats . 35s 4!d —Beans 42s 11Id —Peas ..36s —Barley 35s 4id —Rye ...34s lld LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. There was a good attendance of both town and count dealers at market to-day, but the business done was agalp,,;. a retail character, and English wheat sold slowly at a . ,". 4 . - ", cline of Id to 2d per cental on the prices of last Tuesu% Flour may be quoted at about 6d per barrel and is per eat, lower on The week, and pressed for sale. Old oats and oa meal without much change, but rather lower. Beans ft . 1 31 puts at late rates. Indian corn in fair demand, and a" decline of 6d to 9d per qr. SEFFIELD—. A numerous attendance of farmers and TUESDAY factors, but th e was an absence of speculation, and trade on th e whole ru le :, dull. The trade in wheat was particularly quiet, and ":, price of old wheat e eclined 6d per l oa d. N ew white W u also cheaper, but new red maintained previous rates. O a barley, and beans supported last week's prices. Flour d e dined Id per stone. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...ls a Od to 1 68 0 0 White 1/ 1 New red ~ ....1 1 7 5 s s O o d d to to 1 1 $ 6 s s i : ...16s 6d to 17 6 ',.,', New white „ Beans... 15s 6d to 16 5 ';',, )/ ~ Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, ~ .. Oats I, 228 Od to 26 8 v Flour, is 5d to is 10d per 14 lb. MONMOUTH—TUESDAY. boll , buyers local markets have been fairly attended by 0 , buyers and sellers during the la s t s i x or seven days, an average business has been d one , a t a b ou t f orm er rate The average quotations are as follows 8 Wheat, white 5s 3d to 5 s 9d I 8ar1ey...... 38 4d to 3 s q Ditto red.....0s Od to O s Od i Oats ....... 2s 2d to 2s " Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. SoPt ,I BO via Marseilles Oct. 1 ' 4razil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. IA Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Sept. Ve China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton SePt• 1 via Marseilles Sept. ' 2 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Sept. 1816 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. oi via Marseilles Sept, ;8 India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. . fl via Marseilles Sept. Portugal.... Oct. 3 %i Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. by U.S. packet.... 2: by Canadian packet. Sept. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, } S e pt. California. and B r iti s h Columbia Births. DIVIES.—On the 19th inst., at Surbiton, Mrs. Edta Davies, of a daughter. DUMERGUE.—On the 19th inst., at Fareham Vicarage, tl wife of the Rev. W. S. Dumergus, of a daughter. , SOUTHEY.—On the 18th inst., at Pen a lly H ouse , Poll near Tenby, the wife of Captain Edmund Southey, 1 1 . of a daughter. Marriages. MIALL—FRANKS. —On the 15th inst., at Lower Norsvc.:', Chapel, Arthur Miall, Esq., of Forest-hill, to Ilar ri. Norton, fifth daughter of William Franks, Esq., VP' ) Norwood. MACK—SMEEDON.—On the 19th inst., at St. JAI; Hackney, I. A. J. Mack. Esq., of Dalston, to Susav , eldest daughter of William Smeedon, Esq.l o f Gra llo ' road, Hackney. Deaths. DRunmor).—On the 17th inst., John Drummond, % s j, R.N., Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets, ob 72. FARREN.—On. the 17th inst., Edwin James Farrell) Esc of 37, Old Jewry. HART.—On the 17th inst., Mr. Joseph Hart (late of of firm of Joseph H ar t and Son, of Wych-street and Coe spur-street), aged 78. hir HILDTARD.—On the 18th in s t , a t B r i gg , Henry Hildyard, Esq., aged 65. JOHNSON —On the 20th inst., at the Rectory, Martin lane, London, the Rev. Wm. Johnson, aged 79- ,( JONES.—On the 20th inst., Hasting s F ow l e r lona, •P' of The Priory, Bath. a nt ORANGE.—On the 17th inst., at Brighton, Capt. F r a n Xavier de Caucy Orange, late 36th Regt. London: PrtnZed and Prbiished by WILLIAM AN-- of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'inn SUN Office 1" ;..., Strand, In the Precinct of the 'Savoy, n the COO" Middlesex.—Wednesday, September 21,1884.